Thanks for the feedback.

I am curious as to why you would want a complete list of calories for foods in household measures i.e. common serving sizes? If you want to keep track of your diet, try nutrition analysis software that has a rather large database of generic and brand name foods.

Rather than looking up individual foods, why not keep track of the foods you eat and the recipes you make for meals? A complete nutrition analysis software program should do that rather easily for you and should store recipes and meals you enter. That way, you can keep track of your calorie intake as well as vitamins and minerals.

In one level teaspoon, 16 calories and 4 grams of carbohydrate. One rounded is 1 1/2 tsp and 24 calories with 6 grams of carbohydrate. Depends on how you measure one teaspoon i.e. measuring spoon or silverware spoon.

You can take several approaches depending on how much time you want to spend.

First you need to write down everything you eat or drink. Remember to include any supplements you take.

One approach would be to use the Nutrition Facts on the food label. Compare the serving size on the food label (which determines the calorie content) to the serving size you ate. Multiply the calorie value of the serving size on the Nutrition Facts label by how many servings that size that you ate. Write down that calorie value in a column next to the foods you ate. Repeat for each food you eat that day and add up the total. Now repeat this process for the next 3 to 7 days to get an average of the calories you eat per week. The problem here is many simple foods like fruits, vegetables and meats do not have food labels with serving sizes and corresponding calorie values.

A second approach would be to send your food records to a Registered Dietitian for analysis. Give your food records to a dietitian who should produce reports of your nutritional analysis. They may even provide pie charts that show what percent of the food you eat is fat, carbohydrate or protein.

The bottom line is if you eat more calories than you expend, you will gain weight. Research has proven that the people who lose weight and maintain the weight loss keep food records. Also, since you eat differently on weekdays than on weekends, a weeklong analysis is more representative of what you eat on a usual basis.

A third approach would be for you to analyze your food records yourself with some nutrition analysis software. It does require some time commitment to enter all the foods and beverages you eat throughout a week.

Depends on whether the person is a man or woman and their age. It also depends on how you count "food eaten". Food eaten can be measured in pounds of food sold to grocery stores or in calories eaten at home. Since foods have different weights and can have different calorie amounts, the results vary.

Food delivered to grocery stores is measured in pounds of food. This does not include alcoholic beverages though. Unfortunately, this does include food that is stolen or spoils and is thrown away either by the grocer or consumer. Measured this way, the average American "eats" about 3,600 calories per person per day and has not changed much from 1909 when it was 3,500 calories per person per day. These calories come from milk (14%), meat (28%), eggs and legumes (5%), grain products (26%), fruits and vegetables (14%) and fats, sweets and beverages (13%).

Unfortunately, people's activities have changed a lot since 1909 when cars, televisions and computers were not available. In 1909, people were more active in their jobs (physical laborers or farmers) and in their leisure activities (walking, biking or riding a horse). What also has changed is where we get our calories. Back in 1909 we ate mostly (57%) carbohydrates (starches) and less fat (32%). In 1985 we were eating mostly fats (43%) and less carbohydrates (46%). That trend has reversed by 1994 and we are eating more carbohydrates (51%) and less fat (33%). However, we haven't changed our activity habits and still spend too much time sitting in front of the television and computers. We can't continue to eat as if we were a farmer working the soil using a horse and plow.

Food eaten can also be counted as food consumed at home and away from home as calories. The government periodically surveys Americans to find out what they are eating and the latest results (1994) are 2,095 calories per day with 50% carbohydrates, 34% fat (12% saturated fats), 15% protein and 2% alcohol.

Depends on why you are counting?

Counting total calories is helpful to maintain body weight. Counting fat calories is helpful if you divide those calories by your total calories. The result will give you the percent fat in your diet. For example if you were eating 600 fat calories in an 1800 calorie diet, take 600 divided by 1800 and you get 30% fat content in your diet.

Sushi (100 grams) with vegetables and fish contains 238 calories, 9 grams protein, less than 1 gram of fat, 48 grams of carbohydrate and 1.5 grams of fiber.

I would suggest you look for nutrition analysis software which has the nutritional content of over 15,000 foods (including restaurant menu items) and analyzes meals and recipes.

The calorie and nutrient content of bread is the same whether it is toasted or not. Also, it does not differ significantly between white, rye or whole wheat breads or toasts. There are approximately 80 calories per slice of bread. There are diet breads on the market, which have slightly lower calorie values, but I do not recommend diet products. I encourage people to buy real food and train themselves to eat smaller portions.